On June 11, 2017, the celebration of Migrant Week and its family was held. This activity was developed in the Basilica Cathedral of Lima, and it was organized by the Pastoral of Human Mobility of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference which is under the responsibility of the Scalabrinian priests. The solemn ceremony was presided over by Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima and Primate of Peru, and Monsignor Drago Balabanovic, curator of the

Stella Maris International Migrants’ Service Center is a Catholic Institution of the diocese of Kaohsiung managed by the Scalabrinian Missionaries. The center is duly recognized by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) that offers accommodation and shelter for both land and sea based migrants. In February 1996 the first Scalabrinian arrived in Kaohsiung and officially started the mission on July 1. The mandate given by the Bishop was clear and specific: assisting all migrant workers and